{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Department of Law and Legal Studies","provider_url":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law","author_name":"Heather Plescia","author_url":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/author\/heatherplescia\/","title":"Chet Mitchell Memorial Lecture: Constructing Modern Slavery: Law, Capitalism and Unfree Labour - Department of Law and Legal Studies","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"wLdxjl0aPc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/event\/chet-mitchell-lecture-2026\/\">Chet Mitchell Memorial Lecture: Constructing Modern Slavery: Law, Capitalism and Unfree Labour<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/event\/chet-mitchell-lecture-2026\/embed\/#?secret=wLdxjl0aPc\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Chet Mitchell Memorial Lecture: Constructing Modern Slavery: Law, Capitalism and Unfree Labour&#8221; &#8212; Department of Law and Legal Studies\" data-secret=\"wLdxjl0aPc\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/law\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/110\/2026\/01\/personne_photo_2014-2.2015.couleur.fudge_.0897.jpg","thumbnail_width":388,"thumbnail_height":476,"description":"Constructing Modern Slavery: Law, Capitalism and Unfree Labour illustrates how legal meaning is shaped by cultural political economy and how law\u2019s technicalities, in turn, shape what we understand as unfree labour. Although not defined in law, as an umbrella term \u2018modern slavery\u2019&nbsp; highlights the unfreedom captured by legal concepts \u2013 slavery, forced labour, and human [&hellip;]"}